Improvement in machine for ditching- akd hedging



' W. STACY.

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Patented July 2 1870.

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WILLIAM STACY, or HARDIN COUNTY, IOWA.

Letters Patent No. 105 ,858,dated July 26, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR DI'I'CHING- AND HEDGING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part c! the lame.

my invention appei'tains to make and use the same, I

will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to 'the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and

Figure 2 a plan view of my machine.

A A represent two parallel beams, placed a suitable distance apart, and connected by cross-bars B B, to the front ones of which the tongue 0 is secured, said tongue being at its front or outer end provided with a elevis, D,'f0r attaching the beam in any desired manner.

To the side beams A A and the rear cross-bar are attached braces E E, which are inclined downward and inward, and are attached at their lower ends to the bottom piece G, which runs parallel with, below, and at eqnaldistance frem the two side beams.

To the front braces E E areattached metal side pieces H H, extending from the inner .sides of the side beams A A down to the bottom piece G.

The front edges of these metal side pieces, as well as the front end of the bottom piece G, are all provided with cutters, I I, for cutting the earth, the sod havingbeen-previously cut by the knives J J, secured to the-front ends of the side beams A A, said sod-cutters being inclined inward, downward and forward, as sho'ivuiu the drawings.

Attached to the front cross-bars B B, and under the same, is a curved stationary apron, K, extending back beyond the side cutters I I, as shown in fig. 1, to prevent the front end of the machine from-sinkingjnto the ground.

From the rear edges of the front braces E E to the rear edge ends of the side beams extends the spirallyformed scoop L, constructed as shown in fig. 2, so as to carry the dirt to one side, that is, to the rear end of the side beam A.

At the rear ends of the side beams A A is hinged a conveyer, M, in such a manner that it can be put on and taken off at pleasure.

'This conveyer consists of a flat bed, inclined as shown in fig. 2, so as to carry the dirt to one side of the machine.

Along the opposite side of the conveyer is a flange, N, slotted near its outer end, in which slot is pivoted a cam-lever, O.

This cam bears against a board, P, pivoted near the" inner end of theflange N, its front end extending over the rear end of the scoop L and beam A.

, This movable board P is for .the.pnrpose of assisting in shoving the dirt of the conveyer, by means of the cam-lever, and to allow the dirt to be carried more or less toward the rear, as may be desired.

The cam-lever O is held by means of a projection on its under side engaging in a circular rack, R, in any position desired.

In the bottom G is a hole to admit air below, for the-purpose of preventing or lessening suction.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Witnesses! 0. W. Gannrsox, J. F. SmonDs. 

